Donovan Wheeler

Wheeler proudly teaches AP Literature and AP Language to some bright and lovably obnoxious kids in a small college town. He is the senior editor for the craft beer website Indiana on Tap and writes to ISU's STATE Magazine. Since putting in a pool he can now dive in head first (with goggles), and he has mostly stopped throwing golf clubs, but he still hates to fly.

DePauw’s Greg Schwipps reflects on the newfound relevance of his 2009 first novel, the work it takes to create something sincere, his relationship to his characters, and the challenges of moving on to the next project. by Donovan Wheeler photos by Caitlin Fogle Drive through the newest swath of Indiana’s ...

A cliché is only a cliché when it’s a lazy idea. When it’s not—when the idea is masked in a raw, contemporary relevance which hides under a strong melody and effusive vocals—then it’s genius. Such is the case with The Benjy Davis Project’s “The Rain.” Released as the lead track ...

After nearly a decade playing bass in the Bloomington scene, Glenn Myers now finds himself touring nationally with the dynamic act Diane Coffee. Yet despite his great success, Myers remains the same humble, grounded man he has always been. by Donovan Wheeler photos courtesy of Diane Coffee Watch Diane Coffee’s ...

For my entire life, car dealerships have always brazenly offered deals they’ve never intended to uphold. My personal experience with a deal was so sweet I was destined to cave to the temptation. The first time I saw one of those early morning TV spots offering brand new Chevrolets for ...

Raised on the southern edge of the Midwest and the northern border of the South…a hometown boy who is often on the road…Jeffersonville’s Nick Dittmeier and his band, the Sawdusters, release their first full length album tomorrow. It’s a product of years of work. Much like the man himself–a man ...

Four years ago, Justin Oakley was the first Democrat to run for the office eventually won by Glenda Ritz. Today, the activist and talk radio host has three words for every single one of the Hoosier State’s teachers: Vote. Or. Die. by Donovan Wheeler photos courtesy of Justin Oakley If ...

The new Star Wars film is good…by our standards today. But I don’t know if that really stands as a resounding thumbs-up. by Donovan Wheeler Consider two movies for a second. The first—1978’s Superman: The Movie—opens with a long, slowly developing Planet Krypton sequence. Marlon Brando struts around waxing philosophically ...

In the 87 years which followed his 1869 birth George Post Wheeler racked up a better-than-impressive résumé of accomplishments. He graduated from Princeton in 1891, and he proceeded to represent the US government serving everywhere from Japan to Russia to London to Rio to Sweden to Albania to Paraguay…yeah…Paraguay. He ...

by Donovan Wheeler photos courtesy of Fanatic Records and Mike Farley Part I: Intro– The day I fell hard for Red Wanting Blue almost didn’t happen. As I’ve already written in an earlier homage during my blogging days, I stumbled upon the group while listening to a Freddy Jones Band ...

by Donovan Wheeler photos by Bruce Haley Mato Nanji has one of those disarming laughs—the casual, innocent kind which makes you think you’re talking to the guy you grew up with who now hangs drywall, shoots pool for a dollar a game, takes his kids to the lake for fishing ...